About block 947,728
Bitcoin block 947,728 was mined by ViaBTC on May 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM UTC, 12 min 46 s after block 947,727. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,288 transactions in 1.31 MB (79.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 947,728 is number 209 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,807 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,272 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,273 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.